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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/backports/near/156782864" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Pietro Albini <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/backports.html#156782864">(Jan 24 2019 at 15:55)</a>:</h4>
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<p>a meta question: if something is beta accepted, who is doing the backporting? in the past I often did the backport if I was the original author of the PR, but more recently there seem to be quite a few people who are happy to provide this service. Is this codified somewhere? I.e. do we have designated "backporters"?</p>
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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/backports/near/156782921" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Pietro Albini <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/backports.html#156782921">(Jan 24 2019 at 15:55)</a>:</h4>
<p><span class="user-mention" data-user-id="124287">@mw</span> as far as I understand that's done by the release team</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/backports/near/156782972" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Pietro Albini <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/backports.html#156782972">(Jan 24 2019 at 15:56)</a>:</h4>
<p>or at least, I've been doing it as part of T-release</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/backports/near/156783041" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Pietro Albini <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/backports.html#156783041">(Jan 24 2019 at 15:56)</a>:</h4>
<p>it's usually better if backports are batched instead of making lots of PRs about it, to avoid increasing the queue</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/backports/near/156783067" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> mw <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/backports.html#156783067">(Jan 24 2019 at 15:57)</a>:</h4>
<p>alright, good to know</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/backports/near/156783074" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> mw <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/backports.html#156783074">(Jan 24 2019 at 15:57)</a>:</h4>
<p>and thanks for doing it! <code>:)</code></p>



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